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Girl Seated
Girl Seated
Girl Seated

Girl Seated

Artist (American, 1871 - 1951)
Printer (American, 1859 - 1934)
Date1903
Mediumdrypoint print
DimensionsImage: 6 7/8 × 5 in. (17.5 × 12.7 cm)
Plate Mark: 6 7/8 × 5 in. (17.5 × 12.7 cm)
Support: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineGift of Michael and Mimi McGarrity in memory of Margaret Ann Casady, 2015
Object number2015.10
DescriptionWoman with an updo wearing a towel and staring off into the distance.
Text Entries
When the etching arrived for potential acquisition, it was already framed. The object was removed from the frame to inspect for condition issues, and it was decided that the etching would  remain unframed and that the frame would be disposed of. Before the frame was disposed of  the framer's labels affixed to the paper backing were removed and are now stored in the Accession file.
This drypoint print is the museum’s earliest work by John Sloan. Printmaking and illustration were the primary focus of Sloan’s early career. In 1888 Sloan took a job at Porter & Coates, a bookstore and seller of fine prints, to support his family, and it was here that he first started making his own prints, which he sold at the shop. In 1890 he began his formal training in art and in 1892 joined the art staff of the Philadelphia Inquirer as an illustrator. That same year, Sloan met Robert Henri who encouraged him to explore painting while also supporting his printmaking, which remained a significant technique for Sloan over the course of his career.
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Terms
    Hombres in the Sun
    John Sloan
    1937
    John Sloan, Black Pot, 1925, etching, 5 7/8 x 3 15/16 in. Collection of the New Mexico Museum o…
    John Sloan
    1925
    John Sloan, Isadora Duncan, 1915, etching, 8 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. Collection of the New Mexico Museu…
    John Sloan
    1915
    John Sloan, Music in the Plaza (Plaza, Evening, Santa Fe), 1920, oil on canvas,  26 × 32 in. Co…
    John Sloan
    1920
    The Beggar's Alms
    John Currin
    2002
    Robert Henri, Painter
    John Sloan
    1931
    Snow on the Mountains
    John Sloan
    1937
    John Sloan, Under the Old Portal (Old Portale, Santa Fe), 1919 (reworked 1945), oil on canvas, …
    John Sloan
    1919 (reworked 1945)
    John Sloan, Little Black Mesa, 1945, oil on Masonite, 19 15/16 × 24 in. Collection of the New M…
    John Sloan
    1945
    Rocks and Sea
    John Sloan
    circa 1915
    Ancestral Spirits
    John Sloan
    1919
    John Sloan, East at Sunset, 1921, oil on canvas, 26 × 31 1/4 in. Collection of the New Mexico M…
    John Sloan
    1921